ICERAS

Neighbouring countries can be dangerous for refugees: still within reach of the long arm of dictators and scapegoated for political gains by host governments. The experience of Eritreans in Sudan and Ethiopia is a prime example. Both Sudan and Ethiopia host significant numbers of Eritrean refugees, but Yohannes Woldemariam writes, that leaves them at the mercy of equally unstable governments.

Even as Westerners, rich ex-pats, and international diplomatic staff scrambled to leave Sudan, Eritreans who fled a vicious dictatorship are trapped in Khartoum, unable to safely go home they are also unable to leave. readmore